Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"9. How many schools in England subject to an academy order have not confirmed a sponsor. ..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Minister might know that my interest in this matter stems from the number of years it took his Department to resolve the situation at Sedgehill School in Lewisham, which was not able to find a sponsor and instead has agreed a three-year school improvement partnership. If the Department is …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"4. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the roll-out of the Government’s policy on 30 hours of free childcare...."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"Last week, 29% of families with eligibility codes for this term had not yet secured a funded childcare place. Will the Minister update the House on what progress has been made, and will he say whether there are specific parts of the country where securing a place is proving particularly …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Budget Resolutions
"There is much that I could say about last week’s Budget, but given the time constraints I will limit my remarks to the specific topic of today’s debate, education and skills.
In recent weeks there have been protests in my constituency, as there have been across the country, against cuts …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Budget Resolutions
"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but I am not sure whether he was in the Chamber earlier for the speech by the former shadow Education Secretary, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell). She pointed out that some of the evidence on UTCs is dubious …..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 19 Dec 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"It is my understanding that in the past two years, over 60 schools have been rated inadequate where an academy order has been issued but a sponsor has yet to be identified. How does that uncertainty help to improve standards in those schools?..."Heidi Alexander - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 1st November 2016
Asked by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour - Swindon South)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how long, on average, it took to match sponsors with schools where an Academy Order was made in each year before the Education and Adoption Act 2016 came into force.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We routinely publish all open academy details and academy projects in development.
These details can be easily accessed online and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
The Sponsored Pipeline tab features a list of Sponsored academy projects currently in progress, the local authority in which they are located and, where applicable, the agreed sponsor.
We do not hold data on the time taken to match a sponsor with a school.
Written Question
Tuesday 1st November 2016
Asked by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour - Swindon South)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2016 to Question 42278, what the average time taken has been to match a sponsor with a school once it has been judged by Ofsted to be failing since the Education and Adoption Act 2016 came into force.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We routinely publish all open academy details and academy projects in development.
These details can be easily accessed online and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
The Sponsored Pipeline tab features a list of Sponsored academy projects currently in progress, the local authority in which they are located and, where applicable, the agreed sponsor.
We do not hold data on the time taken to match a sponsor with a school.
Written Question
Tuesday 1st November 2016
Asked by:
Heidi Alexander (Labour - Swindon South)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2016 to Question 42278, if she will list the (a) schools for which Academy Orders have been made, (b) sponsors matched to each of those schools, (c) local authority area in which each of those schools is located and (d) average time taken to match a sponsor to each of those schools once an Academy Order had been made under the provisions of the Education and Adoption Act 2016.
Answered by Edward Timpson
We routinely publish all open academy details and academy projects in development.
These details can be easily accessed online and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
The Sponsored Pipeline tab features a list of Sponsored academy projects currently in progress, the local authority in which they are located and, where applicable, the agreed sponsor.
We do not hold data on the time taken to match a sponsor with a school.